Mission Day

Friday 28th October 

On Friday 28th October we will celebrate Catholic Mission Month with a special Mission Day at St Michael’s. This will be our next fundraising effort for the Goat Rearing Centre in Embider.

The theme of our Mission Day will be “Kicking Goals for Good!”. Across the globe sport is the great equaliser. Every child is able to play sport and, often, the less we have the more creative we need to get. Many children around the world, including Ethiopia, play with a ball made out of recycled goods - the ‘sock ball’. Even Pope Francis played with a ‘sock ball’ as a boy in Argentina.

As preparation for our Mission Day the children will complete a range of tasks in class to learn about the country of Ethiopia and the various concepts that are important in Catholic Social Teaching such as: creation, wellbeing, opportunity, service, peace and participation.

On Mission Day the children will come to school dressed for their favourite sport or as their favourite sports person. It might be a specific person or ready for the sport in general. Like other dress-up days the children need to wear appropriate footwear for school and are not to use face paint or hairspray.

To participate in the Mission Day we ask that the children bring along a Gold coin. 

Thanks for your continued support.